Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence relied heavily on the legal precedent of Goodchild in the House of Lords in 1978 , where Lord Diplock ruled that it was not illegal to possess naturally occurring substances even if they contained a controlled drug . |
| 2 | Hailed by Sir David Wilson , the Governor of Hong Kong , as " a good agreement for Hong Kong " , the memorandum was widely seen as the UK acceding to China 's demands for a greater say in Hong Kong 's affairs , although Sir David claimed that it would not give China a veto over the Hong Kong government . |
| 3 | The system is based around Siemens ' Vision Optimised Network Evolution programme , although GEC Plessey says that it has been the developer of the services to be offered and will manage the planned Asynchronous Transfer Mode evolution . |
| 4 | Erika has been away plenty of times , and if Fräulein Silber thinks that it is the right thing to do then it is the right thing . |
| 5 | The Revenue claimed that tax should be assessed on the full cost of the places , while Mr Hart argued that it should be assessed on the extra costs , such as meals and laundry , the school incurred as a result of having an additional pupil . |
| 6 | General Dynamics suggested that the cancellation would force it to lay off 4,000 of its 100,000 employees , while McDonnell Douglas estimated that it would make some 3,000 redundancies . |
| 7 | Chubais claimed that the letter represented a coup inside the CPSU leadership by conservatives led by politburo member Yegor Ligachev ( who in recent weeks had made several public statements attacking the Democratic Platform ) , while Yury Afanasyev said that it showed the party to be " beyond redemption " . |
| 8 | It must be appreciated , therefore , that when Coenwulf maintained that Offa wished to diminish the dignity of Canterbury because of his hatred of Archbishop Jaenberht and the people of Kent , whereas Pope Leo declared that it was because of the vastness of his lands and kingdom that Offa had desired it , both were representing Offa 's motives in ways which suited their immediate purposes . |
| 9 | The initiative was immediately rejected by the USA and Israel , whilst King Fahd claimed that it " made matters more difficult " and Egypt asserted that it created " new ambiguities " . |
| 10 | The affair took on quite a different aspect when Mrs Kelleher saw that it was only Miss Nicandra having a bit of fun for herself nothing but smiles now and urgent invitations to a cup of tea . |
| 11 | For that reason , when Ms Tyson claims that it is a ‘ terrible exaggeration ’ to say that her approach amounts to managed trade , traditional free-traders , wedded to the advantages of multilateralism , will wonder what else it could be called . |